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JANE MCBRIDE: No excuses - get the man in your life to a prostate exam.

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From: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
Date: 20060910
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Byline: Jane Mcbride

Sep. 10--"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..." begins Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet No. 43 from the Portuguese.

I'm thinking of writing a slightly less adoring one that begins, "How do I get thee to the doctor for a checkup? Let me count the ways..."

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a fact that my husband is determined to ignore.

It's been six years (six!) since he has had a complete physical exam. Six. Years.

I am as faithful as they come about making and keeping regularly scheduled checkups.

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